The report describes findings from the NMC Horizon Project, an ongoing research project designed to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have an impact on teaching, learning, and creative inquiry. Six key trends, six significant challenges, and six emerging technologies are identified across three adoption horizons over the next one to five years, giving library leaders and staff a valuable guide for strategic technology planning. The format of the report was designed to provide these leaders with more in-depth insight into how the trends and challenges are accelerating and impeding the adoption of technology, along with their implications for policy, leadership, and practice.

Between great public domain image sources like Pixabay and Creative Commons image search tools there are few occasions when students should have to resort to claiming fair use to use a copyrighted image. If they do end up at that step, they should at least give proper credit to the owner of the image.

It is my very distinct pleasure to let you know that the Canadian Library Association's Leading Learning Project has been selected to receive the Ontario Library Association President's Award for Exceptional Achievement at our Super Conference in January 2015. The President's Award for Exceptional Achievement acknowledges an outstanding action or contribution that has in a major or unique way enhanced or furthered librarianship in Ontario. The selection is at the full discretion of the President of the OLA. Awards are only given if there is something of true historic significance to recognize.

The publication of Leading Learning: Standards of Practice for School Libraries in Canada is an event of true historic significance. As the document says, "Learners have a right to expect good school libraries in every school in Canada." Standards can indeed help measure practice, but Leading Learning does much more. By focusing on the needs of the learner, Leading Learning provides a framework for growth. Every school, no matter the status of its library program, can find itself in this framework and decide on tangible steps for improvement. The development of Leading Learning brought together input from every province and territory in the country, and successfully developed standards for growth that are meaningful within this very disparate context. This is a remarkable achievement.

The Royal Society of Canada's recently released expert panel report on the status and future of Canada's libraries and archives made recommendations for improving standards for school library programs across the country. It cited Leading Learning and our own guideline document, Together for Learning: School Libraries and the Emergence of the Learning Commons as models for moving forward. In the Ontario context, Leading Learning provides a sympathetic framework for achieving the vision of Together for Learning , and as such, is particularly deserving of an award for enhancing or furthering librarianship in this province. It is also my hope that this award will help to advance the implementation of Leading Learning across the country and advocate for school library programs, particularly in light of the RSC's recommendations.

You have received this email as leaders of the Canadian Library Association, members of the Leading Learning Project Steering Committee, and OLA members who served as members of the Project Focus Group and as Ontario Provincial Committee Chairpersons. We ask that you extend this good news to all of the many people involved in the project from across the country.

We have not, as yet, finalized plans for the presentation at Super Conference. I have copied this message to Shelagh Paterson, OLA Executive Director, and Beckie MacDonald, OLA Manager of Member Services. Beckie will be handling arrangements for awards, and will be in contact with you with more specific information about the presentation. While the award is for the project as a whole, we would like to recognize all of you who are planning to be at the conference at the award presentation.

Do you use the Dewey Decimal Classification at your school? Can your kids figure out what "142.780973" means? Would they know where to find the "Sports" books? Using this logic, many schools are wondering if they and their students might be better served using a book-store model, or genres, when it comes to their fiction collection…. but where to begin?

CHAMPION: The changing face of school libraries Hillcountrynews When our parents and community members visit one of our schools, they frequently comment on how different it looks and feels from the schools they attended when they were kids.

The adoption and use of ebooks in U.S. school libraries has grown steadily over the past four years, slowed mainly by limited access to ereading devices and cost, says a new ebooks report by SLJ, sponsored by Follett.

From anecdotal evidence a similar situation exists in Australian schools. Limited access to ereading devices and infrastructure plus costs and ownership of ebooks contribute to slow growth. Also, is a downloadable PDF an ebook. I think not. Embedded interactivity is needed to create the uniqueness and flexibility in content delivery for students.

A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another,” Rebecca Solnit wrote in her gorgeous contemplation on reading. A century earlier, Kafka asserted in a memorable letter to his childhood friend that “a book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.” Indeed, the question of what books do for the human soul and spirit stretches from ancient meditations to contemporary theories about the four psychological functions of reading. But hardly anyone has articulated the enchantment of literature more succinctly yet beautifully than C.S. Lewis, a man deeply invested in the authenticity of the written word.

Personalized learning starts with the learner and asks the question, “What does this student need to understand, and how best can that happen?” This is a student-centered approach, and is built around the idea of recognizing the vast differences in students–not just in terms of literacy or schema, but an authentic need to know.

Upon several requests we have decided to extend the deadline for submissions to January 15, 2015. You can find the updated Call for Papers on our website.

You can submit a proposal for a research paper, a professional paper, a poster or a workshop. Submission is open to all who are interested in school librarianship, who like to share an idea, a project, a concept or who wants to discuss issues.

Any questions about the submissions? Send an email to submissions-iasl2015@ou.nl or iasl2015@meles.nl

Furthermore, we added information about visa, travelling to Maastricht and the pre- & post conference workshops to the website.

Feel free to forward this message to anyone who might be interested in the IASL 2015 conference as well.

We are looking forward to your contributions to and participation in the IASL 2015 conference.

"It’s well known that public libraries are no longer just about the books — even e-books. Many community libraries are receiving 21st century digital-age makeovers: Numerous digital technologies, maker spaces to invite creation, even video production suites and 3-D printers now inhabit many libraries across the country."

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